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Ingredients

2 cups (500 ml) water

½ cup caster sugar (or ‘spoon for spoon’ sugar replacer)

2 tablespoons fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped

1 tablespoon lemongrass, thinly sliced

4 medium (640 g) pears, peeled

200 g no-fat diet vanilla yoghurt, to serve

Method

Combine the water, sugar (or replacer), ginger and lemongrass in a large saucepan over medium to high heat. Bring to the boil, stir regularly and cook for 2 minutes or until the sugar (or replacer) dissolves. Add the pears and reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered, turning pears occasionally, for for 1½ hours or until tender.

Strain the syrup through a fine sieve. Serve each pear with some syrup and no-fat diet vanilla yoghurt.

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